Aujourd'hui le Maroc (13.07.2018) Grâce aux différentes conventions internationales de sécurité sociale qui ont été conclues par le Maroc avec plusieurs pays étrangers, les ressortissants marocains peuvent bénéficier en plus des prestations à court terme  des prestations à long terme.

Le Monde (02.07.2018) Les plus de 50 ans redoutent de ne pas réussir à boucler les fins de mois une fois à la retraite, souligne une étude.

The GLOBAL MIGRATION FLOWS interactive app tracks migrants around the world. This application is now being hosted by IOM.int. It is endlessly fascinating to explore where we're from.

The underlying data for the map was published by the UN DESA in 2015. Using the app: Choose whether you want to access information about migrants leaving a country (Outward) or migrants entering a country (Inward). Then click on a country and watch the pattern of migration to or from the chosen country.

Countries that neither send nor receive migrants will fade out. Hover over a country or over a migrant cluster to access the data. Each circle represents up to 20,000 migrants.

This migration visualization tool is being developed by Locus Insight in collaboration with IOM. Locus Insight is a data visualization studio dedicated to clarifying complex data through engaging interactive charts. Our work is informed by an intelligent understanding of current world topics and animated by the latest interactive data technology.

The Public Services Card (PSC) helps you to access a range of public services easily. Your identity is fully authenticated when it is issued so you do not have to give the same information to multiple organisations. A Public Services Card is usually issued when you are allocated a PPS number. If you apply for, or are currently getting a social welfare payment (including Child Benefit) you will be asked to register for your Public Services Card.

It is now being rolled out to other public services (pdf). For example, all first-time passport applicants aged 18 and above who are resident in Ireland need to have a Public Services Card. This requirement also applies to a small number of adult passport applicants whose last passport was issued before 1 January 2005 and has since been reported lost, stolen or damaged. All applicants for a certificate of naturalisation aged 18 or over who are resident in the State must have a Public Services Card. Since June 2017, you need to have a Public Services Card if you are sitting the Driver Theory Test. Since 9 April 2018, you can use the PSC as evidence of identity when applying for a driving licence or learner permit.

Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future.

The 2019 World Development Report studies how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today.

While technology improves overall living standards, the process can be disruptive. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality. As a first priority, significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s lifecycle are vital to this effort.  If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to be able to retool existing skills or be better trained from the start.

More information and better measurement of human capital is needed. How much human capital can a child born today expect to attain by the end of secondary school, given the risks of poor health and poor education that prevail in the country where she was born? The World Bank’s recently-launched Human Capital Project (HCP), seeks to answer this question through a new global benchmark—the Human Capital Index (HCI). The HCP is also comprised of a program of measurement and research to inform policy action, and a program of support for country strategies to accelerate investment in human capital.

In addition to investments in human capital, the changing nature of work demands updates to social protection systems. Traditional provisions of social protection based on steady wage employment, clear definitions of employers and employees, as well as a fixed point of retirement become increasingly obsolete. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can also help countries to compete in the digital age.

Governments will need additional revenues to fund the investments demanded by the changing nature of work. Governments can create fiscal space through a mix of additional revenues from existing taxes (increases in rates or widening of the tax base), the introduction of new taxes, and improvements in tax administration.

The 2019 World Development Report  presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence. And, for the first time, the World Bank is preparing that analysis in a transparent manner. The Report’s authors share the draft on a weekly basis so that you can follow along as they write and rewrite, responding to new information and ideas as they reach the team.

This is a unique collaborative experiment by the World Bank. Please join in the conversation — to find out more, read the WDR 2019 Working Draft. See the summary of the main issues.

aerztezeitung (04.07.2018) Jeder wünscht sich, lange gesund und arbeitsfähig zu bleiben. Doch nicht mal jeder zweite Erwerbstätige hält bis zum offiziellen Renteneintrittsalter durch. Wie fit die arbeitende Bevölkerung ist, hat die Techniker Krankenkasse untersucht.

EurActiv (13.07.2018) Important advancements in diagnosing and treating breast cancer in Europe have been made in the last years. However, there are still many challenges to overcome, writes Lydia Makaroff.

Azertac (11.07.2018) resident of the International Social Security Association (ISSA), Director General of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) Joachim Breuer has commended the Azerbaijani government for its efforts to improve social security of population, as he met with the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Ali Ahmadov.

.elfinanciero (04.07.2018) Si la nueva administración de Andrés Manuel López Obrador no aprovecha su mayoría en las dos Cámaras para aprobar una nueva Ley de Pensiones, en 32 años México tendrá más de 10 millones de personas de 65 años y más en condición de pobreza, 154 por ciento más respecto a los 3.9 millones reportados en 2016, según un estudio de la Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones de Seguros (AMIS) y la Asociación Mexicana de Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Amafore).

Capital (10.07.2018) Dans le cadre de la réforme des retraites, une harmonisation des pensions de réversion du public et du privé est sur la table. Qui, des fonctionnaires ou des salariés, auraient le plus à perdre ? Cela dépend du profil.

asbestos.com (09.07.2018) Deaths attributed to asbestos exposure — within the United States and worldwide — have been significantly underestimated, according to the latest study by the International Commission of Occupational Health (ICOH).

brookings.edu (11.07.2018) Iraq is a middle-income country with a tragic recent history of violence and conflict, yet a wealth of oil reserves with which to fund extensive income transfers to its population. While not all of the findings are generalizable, a number of them are relevant to the provision of social support in other countries.

Un statut spécial moins contraignant est débattu au Parlement français pour les collaborateurs de plate forme.

Social Europe (10.07.2018)  With the repeal of the 8th amendment Irish women and their partners will have a choice if and when to have children later this year. This choice will have major implications for social policy and the development of a family-friendly welfare state in Ireland. From my own experience Irish people are extremely child-friendly but Ireland as a country offers little support to families. It will be the first time that women will make these choices on this island, so services and income protection will have to be attractive for families.

WHO (05.07.2018) Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels, according to a new joint report by the OECD, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank.Today, inaccurate diagnosis, medication errors, inappropriate or unnecessary treatment, inadequate or unsafe clinical facilities or practices, or providers who lack adequate training and expertise prevail in all countries.

MarketWatch (04.07.2018) Today, male college graduates retire about three years later than high school graduates. While the story is more complicated for women, because of the dramatic change in their labor-force participation rates over the latter half of the 20th century, the pattern is similar.

Le Temps (09.07.2018) Le taux de sans emploi s'est stabilisé à 2,4% en juin. Jamais il n’avait été aussi bas depuis septembre 2008 et la crise financière

ILO (July 2018) This paper reviews proposals for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in light of ILO
standards. Some UBI proposals have the potential to advance equity and social justice, while
others may result in a net welfare loss. The ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation
(No. 202) includes a number of principles which are highly relevant to guide the debate on
UBI, namely: (i) adequacy and predictability of UBI benefits to ensure income security, set
at least at the national poverty line; (ii) social inclusion, including of persons in the informal
economy; (iii) social dialogue and consultation with stakeholders; (iv) enactment of national
laws regulating UBI entitlements, including indexation of benefits; (v) coherence with other
social, economic and employment policies, and (vi) sustainable and equitable financing. The
impact of a UBI on poverty and inequality depends on the level of benefits and the source
of funding. Based on these principles, the paper shows that some models of UBI can be in
accordance with ILO standards, while others are not.
JEL

Aujourd'hui le Maroc (06.07.2018) En vue de maintenir les droits acquis des ressortissants en matière de sécurité sociale, le gouvernement a conclu plusieurs conventions avec des pays étrangers. Au total, 19 conventions internationales ont été signées avec 19 pays, dont 13 sont déjà opérationnelles

Xinhua | English.news (06.07.2018) The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting will be held on Sept. 17-21 in central Nha Trang city with the participation of some 170 delegates from 10 Southeast Asian countries.

Shining a light on the very different experiences of work in the digital age, this book provides a unique contribution to the reform discussion on the consequences of the fourth industrial revolution. Drawing on a wide range of international expertise, contributors examine important policy challenges arising from the transformation of work as a result of the introduction of digital technology at work. 
Authors in this volume discuss the effects of automation, platform business models, stagnating productivity, increasing regional disparities, and rising levels of inequality within and between countries. They consider how to unlock the vast economic and social potential of new technologies and the implications for policy reform to meet these challenges. 
Mastering them requires developing a new inclusive narrative and progressive reform agenda. Such an agenda would be economic and political, and not determined universally by technology. The narrative is not only about what policymakers need to do, which is rather a lot. It is also about reforming established organisations and institutions, understanding new emerging players and supporting disaffected citizens in how the effects of these changes are going to affect their lives. The authors clearly pinpoint what needs to be done to support the transition to work in the digital era.

europa (27.06.2018) The Commission is publishing today a report on digital platform workers in Europe. The report provides evidence on this emerging phenomenon based on a survey of over 32 000 people across 14 Member States. This helps to estimate the size of platform work, outline the main characteristics of platform workers, learn about their working conditions and motivations, and describe the type of services provided through digital labour platforms.

SAP Institute for Digital Government (May 2018) This series examines two areas of interest to members of the International Social Security Association (ISSA):  contemporary applications of big data analytics within the context of Social Security; and the opportunity for emerging technologies to extend and enhance current analytical techniques to deliver better social and economic outcomes.

SAP Institute for Digital Government (May 2018) This series examines areas of interest to members of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) related to emerging technologies enabling data-driven policy and practice. All modern governments have rich stores of customer and case data, but most government agencies struggle to convert this data into meaningful information and actionable insights. The reasons for this include: government data fragmentation, data quality, difficulties to identify pivotal events and emerging trends, regulatory constraints, and performance issues on analytical processing. This article analyses such challenges for taking advantage of Big Data and discusses how Real-Time Computing could contribute to overcome them.

Documents, presentation and other related material from the Seminar in Reykjavik in June 2018 on gender equality and gender mainstreaming as a tool to reduce the gender pay gap and the gender pension gap, resulting from a lower participation of women in the labour market, part-time jobs and lower wages.

It also showed the example of Iceland, where non transferable maternity and paternity leaves led to an increased participation of the fathers in the care and education of children and therefore creating more equality.